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The League opposes the motion to proceed on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, which will eliminate affordable quality health care for 22 million Americans by gutting the Affordable Care Act and slashing funding for Medicaid. The League urges Senators to support the parliamentarian’s ruling excluding the defunding of Planned Parenthood from the reconciliation bill.

The League joined a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to prioritize outreach and enrollment for limited English proficient persons, persons with disabilities, persons who are younger and others who may need additional assistance in Open Enrollment 4 or Special Enrollment Periods.

Before the House's failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the League joined other organizations on a letter to Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi opposing policies in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that undermined the Medicare program’s finances and threatened access to needed services for people with Medicare.

The League joined with 61 other health care and reproductive rights organizations in support of $327 million in funding for the Title X Family Planning program in a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Minority members.

Nearly six years ago, on March 23, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the biggest expansion of health care access since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, into law. Since the ACA’s implementation, people are no longer denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, over 16.4 million uninsured Americans now have health care coverage and the growth rate of health costs has slowed.